Dinosaurs Live

In April 2009 the North American season ended with a show in The Brandt Centre, Regina, Canada. Then the show packed its bags and travelled to Europe. These were the dates for the UK tour. Please note that it is finished now.

1 - 5 Jul - Glasgow SECC
7 - 12 Jul - Newcastle Metro Radio Arena
15 - 19 Jul - Nottingham Trent FM Arena
22 - 26 Jul - Sheffield Arena
29 Jul - 2 Aug - Manchester MEN Arena
5 - 9 Aug - London O2
12 - 16 Aug - Birmingham NIA
19 - 23 Aug - Liverpool Echo
26 - 31 Aug - London Wembley Arena

This is not a fake or computer generated animation. Walking With Dinosaurs Live is a real theatrical show that follows an exciting storyline and features Huxley the dinosaur expert and his 15 untamed ferocious dinosaurs.

The dinosaurs are life-size and represent 10 species from the reign of the dinosaurs. Dinosaurs first evolved 230 million years ago and were the dominant animals for 165 million years before becoming extinct 65 million years ago.

The life-size dinosaur models are moved by puppeteers using a very sophisticated hydro-dynamic system.

These ticket options sold out very quickly. You can still follow the links to see if there are any new shows available in your town.

1. Have more fun with tickets plus hotel package.

2. Tickets only.

The live dinosaurs show took 7 long years to prepare and produce. Its creators took inspiration from the famous award-winning BBC Television show Walking With Dinosaurs. That particular show together with Spielberg's movie "Jurassic Park" made dinosauria into a real craze - people gained awareness of pre-historic life and started to show real interest and excitement.

The "crazy" idea of bringing the BBC show on to the live stage belongs to Australian entrepreneur Bruce Mactaggart. William May backed his ideas and introduced the visual concept of the whole thing. The show was directed by a Broadway expert Scott Faris.

The Live show was first staged in Sydney, Australia on January 10, 2007. An estimated 100,000 spectators visited the Sydney shows. Afterwards the show moved to Brisbane.

An estimated 1,500,000 people have already seen the show worldwide!

Well, the obvious choice is the Tyrannosaurus aka T-Rex. But then there are more. You will love to meet them:

Allosaurus
Ankylosaurus
Brachiosaurus
Iguanodon carcass
Liliensternus
Plateosaurus
Ornithocheirus
Stegosaurus
Torosaurus
Utahraptor

• It cost £10 million (that was $17 million at that time) to produce the show.


• Add a couple of millions each time the show needed to go on a big move (imagine hauling the monsters and decorations on a large ship over the Atlantic Ocean)


• The original BBC documentary had an audience of 770 million people.


• It cost £2 million per minute to produce the documentary. That was the cost of computer generated animation back in 1999 when the documentary was made.


• Attendance of 100,000 was recorded on the maiden Live Show in Sydney.


• More than 1,5 million people have already seen the Live Show.


• Modest estimations show that at least 400,000 people will visit the British leg of the show due to the high dinosaur-awareness of the British public.

Ollie from Australia: I was really fascinated. Sometimes I'd been dreaming about dinosaurs at night. Now I had a chance to live my dream. Yet this Huxley (don't mix with the Huxley Pig) was a bit annoying and I really wished a T-Rex grabbed him and ate him. LOL!

Suzie from USA: The event was amazing. The dinosaurs were so lifelike with their attention to detail, fascinating robotics and incredible use of puppetry.

Jennifer from USA: I was at this show last year with my kids. They loved it. Since then they are big dinosaur fans. I can recommend it to every parent.

Pete from USA: Been to this; was incredible! But the funny thing was that my 8 and 11 year old were more focussed on watching the dinosaurs on the big screens around the auditorium than actually looking at them. Great night out!

Now, when it comes to tickets, you have two options.

OK, so how much is it? Depending on the venue, ticket prices start from %u20AC 98,00. There are more pricey tickets - please follow the link and browse through the list of countries and venues.

You can buy Walking With Dinosaurs Europe Tickets now!